BREXIT BOOST A survey of 200 businesses by The 5 per cent Club – whose members commit to ensuring 5 per cent of their workforce are apprentices – found that 89 per cent won't change their hiring policy after Brexit.

DRUG APPROVAL Drugs firm Amryt Pharma has won approval to continue trials on a treatment for Epidermolysis Bullosa, a rare genetic disorder that leads to fragile skin.

SWEET DREAMS Bed-maker Dreams celebrated the end of a three-year turnaround plan with sales soaring 14.1 per cent to £280million in the year to December 24, and profit up 136 per cent to £32million.

HOTEL HOPES Europe's largest hotel group, AccorHotels is expanding into the luxury market through a deal with Turkish group Rixos Hotels.